bit by bit

Hello lovely readers,

It has been awhile since I last posted and it will be little while until I post again. As per usual life plays little tricks on us and well… we just have to accept them and move on… Quite literally!!
Our current nest has been put on the market so, we have been forced to find a new one. It's a great place in a lovely part of the city and I'm positive that we'll be very happy there but, we will still really miss "our" little flat on the hill.

We're starting to pack, which means that, I won't making my toys until we're settled, to be honest ever since I heard that we were going to be evicted, they pretty ideas in my head decided to hide and I really don't want to force them out. After all I make toys for pleasure and not because I'm forced.

I'll leave you for now with a little present that I made for my bear. Ever since I started to make toys the has struggled with the idea of them leaving the house, I show them to him, he hugs them and sighs :)

So, this little birthday present was long overdue!

Say hello to our newest flatmates!

the bear...

(who's a sweetheart!)

... and the mini kitty

the bear loves his games!

the bear is a lucky fellow as he sports my brand new label!

I'll "see" you all in a little while!

reviving the extinct

Awhile ago a good friend asked me to make a softie for his little nephew. He was really REALLY specific about his request, he wanted a dodo (he's completely dodo mad) with a little added extra...

coff, coff...

He wanted a dodo with a bum hole that you could reach inside and take out an egg... with the baby's name on it... I was stunned, not so much with the idea, I've come to expect nothing less from Mr. Micklee but, with the challenge ahead. My work tends to be more bi-dimensional so, creating something like this really had me thinking, and after many a trial and error this (not so) little creature suddenly appeared at my desk, looking at me with its slight vacant eyes, all cute, cuddly and with a feat of modern engineering (ie. a paper scaled model): a actual "functional" bum hole :D

 The dodo is made of acrylic and wool felt, cotton fabric and fleece

 

Here's some egg laying action!

 the famous egg!

 The B felt very malicious as he was holding the dodo, he looks almost like he's hatching a cunning plan. Beware Mr. Bond!!